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The Futures Lab podcast analyzes how to innovate with corporate entrepreneurship

The new episode, featuring Esade professor Joan Riera with Fernando Impuesto, director of business development at Enagás, examines how to promote  corporate entrepreneurship as a key lever for innovating and transforming organizations
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Listen to the complete episode of the Esade Alumni Futures Lab podcast here

The new episode of the Future Labs podcast explores the role of corporate entrepreneurship as a driver of transformation in a context marked by constant change, competitive pressure, and the need to adapt quickly. Through a casual conversation, Joan Riera and Fernando Impuesto analyze how large corporations can develop an entrepreneurial mindset without having to look outside the organization.

The dialog combines the academic perspective with practical experience and offers a 360-degree picture of the barriers, challenges, and opportunities posed by innovation in complex, highly regulated settings.

Main ideas you'll discover

• Barriers and challenges in organizations: Corporate culture, hierarchical structures, and incentive systems may put a damper on innovation. Overcoming them requires transforming mindsets, combining internal and external talent, and balancing two key drivers: exploiting the current business and exploring new opportunities. In an increasingly changing environment, adopting entrepreneurial behaviors enables organizations to gain agility, flexibility, and the capacity for adaptation. It is essential to have people geared at exploring new ways of doing things more than just operations. Entrepreneurship is a factor in the development of key skills for any organization. It is no longer optional; it’s a key condition for competing and surviving.

• The role of leadership in innovation: Leaders not only make decisions but also create the right context for entrepreneurial talent to emerge. Activating intra-entrepreneurship means identifying and developing latent leaders within the organization and providing spaces and mechanisms where their ideas can flourish.

• Corporate entrepreneurship as an operating system: More than one-off initiatives, the goal is to create a structured, continuous model of innovation. Implementing methodologies, processes, and tools enables ideas to turn into solid projects that become true engines of growth.

• How organizations will evolve by 2035: Structures will be more flexible, with autonomous, agile business units. Corporate entrepreneurship will take root as a core feature of organizational DNA, driven by trends like artificial intelligence, sustainability, and open cooperation.

Why it’s worth listening to

This episode offers a practical, strategic reflection on how to innovate within large corporations without mission drift. Beyond the concept, the podcast suggests how to implement ‘true’ corporate entrepreneurship: with a real impact on the business, a solid methodological foundation, and a cultural transformation that supports the change.

An essential conversation to understand how companies can evolve towards more agile, resilient models that are prepared for uncertainty.

Listen to the complete episode of the Esade Alumni Futures Lab podcast here

 

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